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Young Concert Artists Reveals Winners in 2023 Susan Wadsworth International Auditions
by Blair Ingenthron - Nov 12, 2023

Young Concert Artists has announced the winners of the 2023 Susan Wadsworth International Auditions. The winners will perform in the 2023 Winners Concert on November 12, 2023, at Gilder Lehrman Hall, The Morgan Library & Museum.

Young Concert Artists Announces 12 Finalists Selected For 2023 Susan Wadsworth Auditions
by Stephi Wild - Nov 10, 2023

Young Concert Artists (YCA) announces the selection of 12 finalists to advance to the finals of the annual Susan Wadsworth International Auditions.

Young Concert Artists Names Joan and Irwin Jacobs Fellowship
by Stephi Wild - Nov 7, 2023

​​​​​​​ Young Concert Artists, one of the oldest organizations devoted to the incubation of young artists, is thrilled to announce that Joan and Irwin Jacobs have pledged a $1,500,000 gift in three annual installments in support of the newly-named YCA Jacobs Fellowship, a three-year program designed to offer unparalleled support and career guidance for the most promising young musicians ready for accelerated career growth

MIZUSHOBAI (THE WATER TRADE) Comes to Segal Centre for Performing Arts Next Month
by Stephi Wild - Sep 13, 2023

Tableau D'Hôte Theatre, renowned for its commitment to telling untold stories that have shaped Canada, has announced its next groundbreaking production, Mizushōbai (The Water Trade) by Julie Tamiko Manning. Learn more about the production and find out how to get tickets here!

New York City Ballet to Present 2023 Fall Gala Featuring Jerome Robbins' GLASS PIECES & More
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 14, 2023

New York City Ballet, which will celebrate its 75th Anniversary during its 2023-24 season, will present its annual Fall Gala on Thursday, October 5, 2023 at the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center.

Listen: Dave Harris' FREEDOM FREEDOM FREEDOM ET CETERA Released as part of Soundstage Podcast
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 14, 2023

Listen to Dave Harris’ Freedom Freedom Freedom Et Cetera presented by Playwrights Horizons.

Rirkrit Tiravanija Unveils Exhibition and New Opera Production
by Stephi Wild - May 5, 2023

In a de-centralised exhibition from 5 to 29 May 2023, Haus der Kunst is showing works by the artist Rirkrit Tiravanija (b. 1961, Buenos Aires) at various sites in the building. In a first collaboration between Haus der Kunst and the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich, the exhibition takes place at the same time as Toshio Hosokawa's opera Hanjo, which will be performed in the Westgalerie of Haus der Kunst and for which Rirkrit Tiravanija has created the stage design.

Programming Added to Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Opera & Humanities Festival
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 25, 2023

The Cleveland Orchestra announced updates to its inaugural Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Opera & Humanities Festival: The American Dream, which takes place this spring at Severance Music Center and with Cleveland partner organizations.

SCANNING THE ROOM Comes to Vashon Center for the Arts
by Stephi Wild - Apr 12, 2023

“Scanning the Room” presents work from 20 Asian American Native Hawaiian/ Pacific Islander (AANHPI) artists that speaks to identity, politics, and sentiments of how an AANHPI artist views their place as the Other in predominantly white spaces.

Review: SENSE AND SENSIBILITY at Great Lakes Theater
by Roy Berko - Feb 21, 2023

What did our critic think of SENSE AND SENSIBILITY at Great Lakes Theater?

Photos: First Look at SENSE AND SENSIBILITY at Great Lakes Theater
by Blair Ingenthron - Feb 12, 2023

Great Lakes Theater (GLT) has released production photos for its production of Jane Austen’s classic, Sense and Sensibility, performing in the company’s intimate and audience-friendly home at the Hanna Theatre, Playhouse Square through March 5, 2023. GLT’s Associate Artistic Director, Sara Bruner, and Artistic Associate, Jaclyn Miller, will co-direct this production. Check out the photos here!

NEW PLAYS: JAPAN Presented at the Royal Court Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Feb 3, 2023

'New Plays: Japan' was presented at the Royal Court Theatre in London, U.K. from 26 to 28 January 2023.

Atarashii Gakko! Release New Song 'Hanako'
by Michael Major - Oct 31, 2022

Originating from a Japanese urban legend of ‘Hanako-san’, a girl ghost who haunts school bathrooms, the track is a spooky, yet undeniable ATARASHII GAKKO! high octane banger. The music video, directed by Sayaka Nakane and shot in an abandoned elementary school, includes choreography created by the group themselves.

Photos: Inside the Gala Night For CABARET at the Kit Kat Club
by Stephi Wild - Oct 28, 2022

All new photos have been released from the gala night of CABARET at the Kit Kat Club on Thursday 27 October. Check them out here!

Lineup Announced For Fierce 25th Anniversary Festival In October
by Stephi Wild - Aug 22, 2022

Fierce, the Birmingham biennial festival of international performance, has announced the programme for 2022 - it marks the biggest programme ever for Fierce, celebrating the Festival's 25th anniversary. The programme welcomes international artists from Tokyo to Rio de Janiro as well as from the West Midlands. It embraces the outlandish and the new, presenting over 20 fresh and feisty productions of the kind that the Festival has become acclaimed for.

Toshio Hosokawa's HANJO Comes to NYU Skirball Next Month
by Stephi Wild - Aug 9, 2022

NYU Skirball will present the North American premiere of Toshio Hosokawa’s Hanjo, directed by Luca Veggetti and produced by Catapult Opera, on Friday, September 30  at 7:30 pm and Sunday, October 2 at 2:00 pm at NYU Skirball. Neal Goren conducts.

Yukio Mishima's New Opera HANJO Comes to the Japan Society Next Month
by Stephi Wild - Aug 8, 2022

On September 14, come to Japan Society for a talk with the creative team behind the reality-bending opera Hanjo, based on Yukio Mishima's modern noh play and reimagined by the internationally-acclaimed Japanese composer Toshio Hosokawa.

Sarah Jessica Parker to be Honored at New York City Ballet's 10th Annual Fall Fashion Gala in September
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 28, 2022

New York City Ballet will present its tenth annual Fall Fashion Gala on Wednesday, September 28, 2022 at 7pm at the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center. This year’s event will honor Sarah Jessica Parker, a vice chair of the NYCB Board of Directors, who conceived the Fall Fashion Gala in 2012.

Photos: First Look at David Harbour and More in MAD HOUSE
by Stephi Wild - Jun 20, 2022

All new photos have been released of dark and funny new play by Theresa Rebeck, Mad House, that opens at the Ambassadors Theatre on 26 June, with previews currently running, and runs until 4 September.

Photos: First Look at David Harbour, Bill Pullman & More in Rehearsals for Theresa Rebeck's MAD HOUSE
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 27, 2022

The dark and funny new play by Theresa Rebeck Mad House that opens at the Ambassadors Theatre on 26 June, with previews from 15 June, and runs until 4 September.